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Getting started on ancient Greek
History & The Arts

Getting started on ancient Greek

...English tends to be more evident in specialist or technical vocabulary than in ordinary, everyday English words. This reflects the fact that Greek literature offered a large stock of ideas and technical terms that subsequent readers could draw upon and incorporate into their own languages. It also reflects the historical importance of ancient Greek within European...
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Level 1: Introductory 16 hrs
Everyday skills in maths and English
Education & Development

Everyday skills in maths and English

...your Functional Skills Level 1 and 2 National Awards (equivalent to GCSE level). Everyday skills in maths and English Fancy trying something more advanced? For something slightly more challenging, we offer further courses in maths. These are courses are equivalent to National Level 4 & 5 – (1st year Undergraduate study). Learn new skills to help you with finding work...
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Article 5 mins
Worlds of English
Languages

Worlds of English

...English language spread internationally - and is the worldwide influence of English a cause for celebration or concern? How is it changing in response to social, cultural, and technological developments? ‘Worlds of English’ investigates these notions by looking at the expansion of English in China since the 1970s, how it is now the dominant language used at the...
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Video 1 hr 4 mins
Postcolonial English
Languages

Postcolonial English

...English language around the world dates back to the era of British colonialism. English spread across the globe as a consequence of the British Empire and was often imposed on countries as a result of colonialism. But what is the attitude of post-colonial countries to the language now? And how has the legacy of colonialism affected the way that English exists around the...
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Video 31 mins
Global English
History & The Arts

Global English

...English as a global language is one of the most remarkable phenomena of the late 20th and early 21st centuries. For the first time in the history of human society, a single language has become sufficiently universal that it can be used as a global lingua franca for communication between speakers of many languages. The history of English has traditionally been divided into...
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Article 10 mins
English monsters
History & The Arts

English monsters

...English Renaissance stage, particularly in Shakespeare's history plays...[An English mastiff with a full moon background] A modern-day English Mastiff References to dogs in the work of Shakespeare and his contemporaries are frequent and diverse in character; many are to be found in arresting contexts bound up with displays of power and informal, ruthless responses to the...
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Article 10 mins
From old English to modern English
History & The Arts

From old English to modern English

...English can be seen in much of our everyday vocabulary – compare heart (OE heorte), come (OE cuman) and old (OE eald) with German Herz, kommen and alt. Many grammatical features also date back to this time: irregular verbs such as drink ~ drank ~ drunk (OE drincan ~ dranc ~ (ge)druncen) parallel German trinken ~ trank ~ getrunken. Similarly, many OE pronunciations are...
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Article 10 mins
Anthony English
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Anthony English

A dialogical mixed-method political psychologist, Anthony was a post-doctoral researcher on the OppAttune project during the development of the i-Attune. Anthony is currently a visiting research fellow at The Open University and module leader/lecturer at Arden University. Research interests include how individuals sustain dialogue on politically polarising issues, understanding everyday political extremism and how moral differences influence ...
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